NEW Variable Start-Stop Dispensing
April 29, 2013
Aalborg® Instruments’ TPV RP Adjustable RPM with Dispensing Peristaltic Pumps can be timer relay set to start dispensing liquids for a selected time period and to stop dispensing for another selected time period. Seven time intervals are possible. Easily accessible controls enable Priming, dynamic Braking, RPM setting, and Flow direction reversing. The adjustable pump handle [...]
QIAGEN proposes changes to members of Supervisory Board
April 29, 2013
Venlo, the Netherlands — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced proposals for changes in the membership of the Supervisory Board that will be put forward for approval by shareholders at the next Annual General Meeting scheduled for June 26, 2013. The proposals for the composition of the Supervisory Board, who are [...]
Pall Corporation Opens Office in Saudi Arabia
April 28, 2013
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today inaugurated a new office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Located in Al Khobar, the office is Pall’s second in the Middle East. Pall opened its regional headquarters in Dubai (UAE) in October of 2010. The company has [...]
BD Diagnostics Advances Commitment to a Fully Integrated Microbiology Solution with New Agreement
April 27, 2013
Sparks, MD – BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today an international distributor agreement with Bruker Daltonics Inc. to sell and provide front-line technical support for the co-labeled BD™ Bruker MALDI Biotyper™ System. Microbial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing is the end-point of the majority of work a microbiology lab [...]
Low-Temperature Benchtop Chillers Provide Robust Cooling for Laboratory Equipment
April 27, 2013
Nile, IL -- A line of compact, powerful, and highly affordable low-temperature chillers are available from PolyScience. Designed to maximize bench space, LS-Series / LM-Series / MM-Series Chillers provide up to 1290 watts of cooling at 20°C, making them ideal for use with rotary evaporators, jacketed incubators, small reaction vessels, spectrophotometers, chromatography columns, condensers, and [...]
April 26, 2013
Waters EmpowerTM chromatography data systems can now be used to control the new Shimadzu SPD-M30A photodiode array detector in Nexera X2 series systems. This means EmpowerTM Software can now be used to control a wider range of Shimadzu HPLC and UHPLC products, including Prominence, LC-2010, and even Nexera X2 series products*. The Nexera X2 series, [...]
April 26, 2013
HIGHLIGHTS: Q1 2013 Results (all percentages are to comparable periods in 2012) Q1 2013 reported sales increased 2% to $675 million, a new quarterly high. Organic sales growth was 1% in the quarter. Organic sales growth by business unit was (1%) for Research, 3% for Applied and 3% for SAFC Commercial. Acquisitions completed in 2012 [...]
Verinata Health Publishes Clinical Laboratory Performance Data for verifi® Prenatal Test
April 26, 2013
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that Verinata Health, an Illumina company, has published the first peer-reviewed study of non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) performance in a clinical laboratory setting. Data collected from the first nine months of commercial availability confirmed that Verinata’s verifi® prenatal test was in line with its published clinical [...]
Applied BioCode Launches the BioCode 2000 System for 128-plex Assays
April 26, 2013
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif.-- Applied BioCode today announced the launch of the new BioCode 2000 system for its 128-plex Magnetic Bead Technology (BMB). The system is already available as an open platform for customized assay development and development of LDT’s (Laboratory Developed Tests) using Applied BioCode’s proprietary BMB’s. The system will be commercially launched at [...]
Imperial College Employs Parallel Synthesis To Develop Better Catalysts
April 26, 2013
The SDG Group within the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College (London, UK) has selected the Asynt DrySyn MULTI and parallel synthesis kits to provide them with a safer, more convenient and productive way of synthesising novel organometallic compounds in their search for new better performing catalysts. As part of the Catalysis, Sustainability and Applied [...]
